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Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present
Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present “Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The…
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Georges Briguet, Who Presided Over Le Périgord, Dies at 85
Georges Briguet, the bonhomous owner of Le Périgord, who greeted and seated guests by name nightly at that classic haute…
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Hockey Canada to Be Investigated After Settling Sexual Assault Complaints
OTTAWA — Following revelations that it has paid millions of dollars to sexual assault victims, hockey’s governing body in Canada…
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Your Friday Briefing: Russia Sentences Brittney Griner to 9 Years
We’re covering Chinese military drills around Taiwan and the sentencing of the American basketball star Brittney Griner. U.S. basketball player…
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Russian Court Sentences Griner to 9 Years, Raising Pressure on Biden
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced the American basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in a penal colony after…
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Three Tourists Are Injured Near Volcanic Eruption in Iceland
Three tourists were injured in Iceland Wednesday night as they trekked across rough terrain to a volcanic eruption drawing awe-struck…
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Griner is being sent to a Russian penal colony. What is that?
Some prisoners are tortured, or beaten by fellow inmates. Some have to work 16-hour days. A few are forced to…
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A Large Object Landed on His Sheep Farm. It Came From Space.
Mick Miners was herding sheep on a four-wheeler last week when he stumbled upon a pointy black object that looked…
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Jennifer Bartlett, Conceptual Painter on a Vast Scale, Dies at 81
Jennifer Bartlett, a New York artist whose Conceptual paintings executed on one-foot-square white enameled steel plates (inspired by the city’s…
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South Korea’s First Moon Launch: How to Watch
Joining the list of nations with ambitious plans in space, South Korea is aiming for the moon on Thursday. Its…